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    Industrialization brought machines to the forefront of efficiency and profit for many new entrepreneurs, and many technological advancement such as the telegraph and the transcontinental railroad radically improved communication and transportation. With such advancements to society, social and economical changes occurred where more people moved from an agrarian society to an urban society, and during this transition, the conditions of life grew worse as the wealth gap increased from working in factories

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    Patterns of industrialization Coal is critical to the early industrialization of Britain. Shift from wood to coal in eighteenth century as deforestation caused wood shortages Overseas colonies provided raw materials There were plantations in the Americas provided sugar and cotton. Colonies also became markets for British manufactured goods. Grain, timber, and beef shipped from United States to Britain after 1830. Demand for cheap cotton spurred mechanization of cotton industry. Widespread use of

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    Industrialization spurred due to developments in technology, population growth, and an increased access to raw materials. The process of industrialization first began in Britain and soon spread to other nations. Between 1850 and 1914 in both Russia and Japan, industrialization was promoted by the government and military: workers in Japan also seemed to be happier with their work environment than laborers in Russia. Women, too, were at work in factories in both Russia and Japan. Both the Japanese

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    there is an argument stating whether or not industrialization had an overall greater positive or negative effect on society. While some might argue that Industrialization had primarily negative consequences for society because of the poor working conditions, it brought a positive thing for society. Industrialization’s positive effects were the amount of jobs it brought for workers, better transportation, and higher standard living. Industrialization brought many jobs for workers in the cities

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    Industrialization occurred between the late 1800s and early 1900s. During this time period, America was tremendously changing. This was the age of machines and electricity being formed and developed. The first automobile, light bulb, and steam engine were all invented. However, what people might consider these as all positive, industrialization had an overall negative impact on American society. For example, working conditions for workers were beyond dreadful, while their tenements they lived in

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    19th century,the United States underwent a process of industrialization.Two technological changes from this process of industrialization had a big impact on the lifestyles of Americans.Also,a transportation improvement made from this process of industrialization helped the United States expand towards West. The first of these technological changes from this process of industrialization is the textile mill,specifically the first textile mill opened in the U.S.This had an impact on the lifestyles of Americans

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    “hierarchy” as displayed by the artist. This image, displays the general hardships of workers in the industrialization, and the class disparities that came of it. The picture, shows/displays a factory. In this factory, the upper-middle class, the lower-middle class, and the working class are displayed properly. The highest class on this social order, is the “hierarchy” role in industrialization. The hierarchy, is known as the “higher class”, or the “rich” or the “factory owners.” This class during

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    The timing of industrialization does affect the economic development strategies pursued by states. We have states, like Brazil, who were late developers trying to play catch-up, and then we have other states, like Japan, who were early developers always ahead of the game. These two states have grown to become some of the largest states in the world today, nevertheless, the timing of its’ industrialized growth has made a difference of how these states maintain and control their economic development

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    American Industrialization- the improvement of living condition The advent of industrialization in the early nineteenth-century had wide reaching impacts on economics, politics, society and demographics. Overall, the transition from an agrarian and feudal system of production to an industrial and capitalistic system improved the average standard of living and working conditions. It not only led to greater opportunities for people, both proletarians and bourgeois, to accumulate wealth in a market

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    Had it not been for the American industrialization, we would not enjoy the technology we have in the year 2002. The reason we have this technology is that between those years a great change in the world’s history was made. People started to discover faster methods of producing goods, which increased their economy. However, this industrialization had no effects on society. Society then was still very poor in some areas, but later on in the future the United States becomes the richest and most powerful

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